The bodies of three students were sprawled on the floor of a restaurant in Mogadishu, Somalia, dusted with grit and shards of glass. Electric lights flickered. A survivor began to wail.
Then the cameras cut. The actors helped each other up, and the crew started rebuilding the fake wall to prepare for the next one.
“Anyone who has seen it knows this is what a bombing looks like,” said director Ahmed Farah, who has been there himself. “There’s always shoes. Shoes and glasses.”
This is the set of Arday, a 10-part television series shot in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, that chronicles the lives of high school students. It will
